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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






2. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






3. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






4. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






5. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






6. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






7. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






8. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.






9. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






10. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






11. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






12. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






13. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






14. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






15. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item






16. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






17. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






18. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.






19. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






20. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






21. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






22. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






23. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






24. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






25. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






26. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






27. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co






28. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






29. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






30. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






31. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






32. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






33. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






34. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






35. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






36. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






37. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






38. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






39. Float (total float - free float)






40. Reserve






41. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






42. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






43. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






44. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






45. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






46. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






47. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






48. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.






49. Subdivision of a phase






50. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables